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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8278455" data-attributes="member: 6779196">This is something I’ve seen many, many DMs do, and I think it certainly patches holes if the DM is not fulfilling their role as laid out in the How to Play rules. But I find that the results are less satisfying than when the DM runs the game as the rules lay out. Your mileage may vary, of course.I find that this is often true when rolls are frequently called for despite failure having no meaningful consequence. However, if you only call for rolls when there is a meaningful consequence, it makes rolling the dice a tense and scary thing, which players will want to avoid having to do if possible. I prefer the latter dynamic.Ability scores and skill proficiencies are also relevant if rolls are only called for when failure has a meaningful consequence, as they act as much-welcome insurance against failure (and the consequences thereof).I’m not convinced that adding uncertainty to a situation that logically and/or dramatically ought to be certain is a desirable thing. Also, uncertainty of what exactly? If failure doesn’t have a meaningful consequence and the result of the roll only tells you how well you performed at the task... Is that actually uncertainty? Uncertainty of what, exactly?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8278455, member: 6779196"] This is something I’ve seen many, many DMs do, and I think it certainly patches holes if the DM is not fulfilling their role as laid out in the How to Play rules. But I find that the results are less satisfying than when the DM runs the game as the rules lay out. Your mileage may vary, of course. I find that this is often true when rolls are frequently called for despite failure having no meaningful consequence. However, if you only call for rolls when there is a meaningful consequence, it makes rolling the dice a tense and scary thing, which players will want to avoid having to do if possible. I prefer the latter dynamic. Ability scores and skill proficiencies are also relevant if rolls are only called for when failure has a meaningful consequence, as they act as much-welcome insurance against failure (and the consequences thereof). I’m not convinced that adding uncertainty to a situation that logically and/or dramatically ought to be certain is a desirable thing. Also, uncertainty of what exactly? If failure doesn’t have a meaningful consequence and the result of the roll only tells you how well you performed at the task... Is that actually uncertainty? Uncertainty of what, exactly? [/QUOTE]

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